Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or process of burying.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A grave or place of sepulture; a tomb.
- noun The act of burying; specifically, the act of burying a deceased person; sepulture; interment; the act of depositing a dead body in any place where it is intended to remain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture.
- noun The act of burying; depositing a dead body in the earth, in a tomb or vault, or in the water, usually with attendant ceremonies; sepulture; interment.
- noun a form of coffin, usually of iron, made to close air-tight, for the preservation of a dead body.
- noun a piece of ground selected and set apart for a place of burials, and consecrated to such use by religious ceremonies.
- noun any place where burials are made.
- noun That portion of a liturgy which is read at an interment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
burying ;interment
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
- noun concealing something under the ground
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"Denying the burial is a blatant denial of our free exercise of religion."
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"Denying the burial is a blatant denial of our free exercise of religion."
9/11 Families 'Shocked' After Supreme Court Rejects Burial Appeal
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"Denying the burial is a blatant denial of our free exercise of religion."
9/11 Families 'Shocked' After Supreme Court Rejects Burial Appeal
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"Denying the burial is a blatant denial of our free exercise of religion."
9/11 Families 'Shocked' After Supreme Court Rejects Burial Appeal
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We finally talked to someone at SCI, a spokesperson there, who told us that the cemetery employees disclosed what they called burial issues in 2007, that SCI investigated and confirmed.
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Unfortunately, it is likely that much of the money will go into what I call the burial fund--money to pay off workers to retire early and give up benefits; money to guarantee medical care; money for the infamous Jobs Bank that pays workers for years not to work.
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Last week, the group came together and built 22 tiny caskets, which they call burial cradles.
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Last week, the group came together and built 22 tiny caskets, which they call burial cradles.
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The unusual burial is thought to be the result of an ancient vampire-slaying ritual.
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So to identify the remains, and then re-inter them with the proper burial is also an objective, Vanstone said.
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